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Is there a doctor in the house? There certainly was at MCM Scotland Comic Con over the weekend. The charmingly delightful Robert Picardo took to the stage for a packed panel at the first day of the con in Glasgow and he didn’t waste any time! He humoured the attendees by revealing he’d eaten some token Scottish cuisine – eggs, haggis and dead pig! He admitted he didn’t want to know what was actually in his food and if he drops dead of a...

On Monday 11th Ubisoft revealed an exciting trailer for their forth coming instalment to the Assassin’s Creed franchise, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. The announcement was made during a scheduled live stream from Ubisoft Quebec, titled Assassin’s Creed Syndicate World Premiere Event.
Set in London on the verge of the Industrial Revolution in 1868, the game puts players in the role of twins Jacob and Evie Frye. They find themselves caught up...

Marvel Studios have announced that principal photography for Captain America: Civil War has begun on the third instalment of the Captain America franchise. The film is being helmed by Captain America: The Winter Soldier directors, Anthony & Joe Russo, who were recently announced as the directors to conclude The Avengers trilogy with Avengers: Infinity Wars I & II.
Don’t worry, you won’t need to wait until 2018 to see your favourite...

News broke earlier this week from Starz that actor Ray Stevenson will be joining the cast of Black Sails. Hot off of the heels of the second season finale last night (28th March), Starz revealed that Stevenson will be joining the cast in the third season as the iconic pirate Blackbeard.
Blackbeard, also known as Edward Teach, joins Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) and his crew twenty years prior to the literary classic Treasure Island from Robert Louis...

Telltale’s Game of Thrones game series continues with its third of six instalments. Episode three has been titled The Sword in the Darkness. The game is based on the Emmy Award Winning HBO drama which is originally based on the “A Song of Fire and Ice” fantasy novels from writer George R.R. Martin.
In episode three it continues our adventures with the House Forrester. You play from the perspective of five members of the Forrester family...

In Omega Studios Toukiden: Kiwami you play the role of a young monster hunter in ancient times. In prior years the world was at risk of being overrun by creatures from another world, known as Oni. Their defence? Various monster slayers would team up and tackle these mystical creatures. They would become known as The Slayers.
Eight years on, your character is recruited into this elite group of Slayers as one of their final warriors. They’re now...

For all those con-goers attending this weekend, we at MCM Buzz are here to shine a light on some of the excellent artists that you can find in our Comics Village this year! Prior to this weekend’s London Comic Con, we managed to speak with freelance illustrator, Anastasia Catris and we asked her these questions.
MCM Buzz: Welcome Anastasia! Tell us a little about yourself!
Anastasia: My name is Anastasia Catris and I am a freelance illustrator...

MCM Scotland Comic Con’s guest of honour this year (other than Dracula) was Space Dandy director Shingo Natsume. Shingo attended a panel on Saturday afternoon hosted by Andrew Partridge, the president of Anime Limited, with translator Bethan Jones. Andrew started by having Shingo tell the audience a bit about himself. Shingo explained that he played a lot video games and read manga as a child. Being brought up on Dragon Ball Z and Studio Ghibli,...

Glasgow’s con-goers were treated on the Saturday of MCM Scotland Comic Con to a special panel hosted by two talented voice actors, D.C. Douglas and Courtenay Taylor. Both are well-known amongst fans of Resident Evil and Mass Effect. Together they’ve been credited with over 200 roles in voice acting, covering a plethora of video games and animated shows. Here’s a selection of highlights from the panel.
The first question came from a young...